Actress Connie Britton, who has starred in such hit shows as “Friday Night Lights” and “American Horror Story,” in a new op-ed criticized GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his stance on issues that relate to women.

Britton, who is currently starring in the musical drama “Nashville,” co-wrote the essay with Sarah Aubrey, executive producer of “Friday Night Lights.” In the piece, running in USA Today, Britton is critical of Romney’s use of the “Friday Night Lights’” motto “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose.”

“So it has been surprising that the phrase has been usurped and co-opted by Mitt Romney and his campaign for their gain,” Britton and Aubrey write. “And it got us thinking: What would the women of Dillon think about this?”

Excerpts from the op-ed:

–”Dillon is a classic American town filled with hard-working, middle-class Americans, who just want to lead productive, healthy lives. And the women we represented on the show — the women we are in real life — are like the millions of women across the nation. Women who want to make our own health care decisions. Women who want to earn equal pay for the work we do. Women who want affordable health care.”

–”In fact, it is President Obama who has shown his values to be more closely aligned with those represented by the phrase. The first measure he signed into law after becoming president was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — so a female high school counselor or physical education teacher can fight for equal pay for equal work…And President Obama’s landmark Affordable Care Act has been transformative for women.”

–”Romney actually wants to throw the entire law — and every benefit — out, and while he’s at it, get rid of Planned Parenthood—the health care provider that nearly three million Americans rely on for their life-saving cancer screenings, well-woman visits and affordable birth control. ”

–”If we women make ourselves aware of the issues and make our voices heard, we most certainly cannot lose.”

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